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Dear Readers, What Won You Over at E3?

by Sohrab Osati | Jun 16, 2013 | 1 comment
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There is always a lot of talk after a show like E3 of who won and who lost. Like all real things though, the outcome is far more complicated then that. While Nintendo didn’t bother to really show up, Sony and Microsoft were poised to butt heads with more concrete information about the PS4 and Xbox One. Being a long time PlayStation fan, I have to say that there are parts of the Xbox One vision that I get and connect with. Still, a lot of the announcements and news from the Xbox camp the past month has been purely bizarre and anti-consumer in some ways while Sony has been able to better connect to gamers. With an array of exclusive games like Killzone: Shadow Fall, inFamous: Second Son, The Last of Us, Beyond: Two Souls Gran Turismo 6, and Kingdom Hearts HD 1.5, Sony had game after game to show for PlayStation at E3.

This of course doesn’t mean that there weren’t a host of other good content out there. Microsoft has been able to woe in EA/Popcap and get a timed exclusive for Plants Vs. Zombies: Garden Warfare while long time favorite series of mine, Command & Conquer is once again to PC with a new entry. All of this translates as a victory for gamers with lots of old favorites making debuts like Call of Duty and Battlefield while new IP’s like Puppeteer, Tearaway, and Titanfall had plenty of spotlight left for themselves.

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Just How Big is the PlayStation 4? Let’s Compare

by Brien Bell | Jun 15, 2013 | 5 comments
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The PlayStation 4 and the Xbox One have been revealed in all their glory. The press, the retailers, the investors, the developers, they’ve all had their hands and eyes on the two boxes for the better half of a week. For those of us at home, we’re left wondering one crucial thing: just how are these things going to fit under my television?

The folks over at PSMania.net may have your answer. While Microsoft has not revealed the exact dimensions of the Xbox One, the clever folks at this PlayStation fansite have cobbled together a pretty good estimation based on, of all things, the size of the system’s USB ports. Since USB port sizes are standard, it gave them a good basis from which to determine the rest of the system’s size. Take all these measurements with a grain of salt, but here’s a look at the launch and slim models of the PS3 and Xbox 360, and the revealed models of the Xbox One and PlayStation 4:

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How Does PlayStation Thank Their Developers at E3?

by Brien Bell | Jun 14, 2013 | 4 comments
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PlayStation loves developers. They even made shirts up to prove it. But how do you show your big partners just how much you appreciate them? Why, custom PlayStation 3s, of course!

Adam Boyes, Vice President of Developer Relations for PlayStation and one of the men responsible for this awesome video, took to Twitter on the last day of E3 to show off some of the wonderful custom PS3 units being given to some of the biggest developers out there. Created by graphic design artist Javier Riquelme, these awesome mods are one-of-a-kind, so don’t head to your local GameStop expecting to pick up one of these beautiful consoles.

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PlayStation Marketing Kicks Off; Greatness Awaits

by Sohrab Osati | Jun 14, 2013 | 0 comments
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Greatness AwaitsOne of the themes from the PlayStation E3 press conference this year was “greatness awaits.” The new tagline for the gaming division of Sony could be seen outside of the LA Convention Center as a beacon for PlayStation fans. To followup with the theme, Sony has released a new minute and a half trailer that’s all about greatness. Better yet, the ad itself is not PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, or PlayStation Vita centric. Instead, the ad is all about gaming and gamers. After the jump, greatness awaits you.

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‘The Last Guardian’ is Alive, But Why?

by Sohrab Osati | Jun 13, 2013 | 4 comments
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I probably don’t need to tell you about The Last Guardian. Originally revealed in 2009 by designer and director Fumito Ueda, who is responsible for the acclaimed titles Ico and Shadow of the Colossus, the game has since been delayed numerous times and has even seen Ueda leave Sony though he remains on the project as a consultant. So what’s the latest on the project? According to Sony, in short, ‘its alive,’ but if true, why?

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Lone Survivor PS Vita Preview – Survival Horror On The Go

by Jan Hutchings | Jun 7, 2013 | 0 comments
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What would you do if you were the survivor of a deadly epidemic? You’re low on supplies and you’re stuck inside a boarded up, decrepit apartment complex surrounded by shambling corpses of the infected. Do you stay and rot or do you venture out into the dangerous complex, tempting fate and attracting the mutants to your scent? Thankfully, you’ll be able to decide for yourself once Lone Survivor arrives on PS Vita later this year.

Lone Survivor is an retro-styled indie psychological-survival horror title fusing the adventure, stealth, and platformer genres into one incredibly scary package. The game casts you as a lone survivor (unmistakable because of your iconic surgical mask) of an unknown contagion that wiped out most of the population. You’re low on food and supplies so you must explore and discover useful food and items that will help keep you alive and sane a little while longer.

More on our Lone Survivor PS Vita preview after the break.

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Uncharted 3, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, LittleBigPlanet Karting Added to June’s PlayStation Plus Update

by Brien Bell | Jun 7, 2013 | 4 comments
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If you didn’t already think that PlayStation Plus was one of the best values in gaming, you may want to have your head examined. Last year at E3, Sony introduced the Instant Game Collection to PS Plus, a revolving door of free games each month, with a total of 12 available every month regardless of when you sign up for the premium service. Games like Infamous 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, Spec Ops: The Line, Sleeping Dogs, and Demon’s Souls are just a few of the titles that have been free for PlayStation Plus users, with almost seventy games available for PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita over the last year.

This month was already shaping up to be another feather in the service’s cap, as Deus Ex: Human Revolution is already available and Saints Row The Third, Machinarium, Zero Escape: Virtue’s Last Reward, and God Eater Burst will be coming soon. Today, Sony announced that three more games will be added to mark the Instant Game Collection’s one year anniversary. XCOM: Enemy Unknown from Firaxis, LittleBigPlanet Karting from United Front Games, and Naughty Dog’s Uncharted 3: Drake’s Deception will all be free for PlayStation Plus subscribers on Tuesday, June 11. They will be replacing Infamous 2, LittleBigPlanet 2, and Ratchet & Clank: All 4 One, all three of which had been part of the Instant Game Collection since it was announced at Sony’s E3 press conference last year.

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Sony’s E3 2013: More Than 40 Games for PS4, PS3 and PS Vita

by Brien Bell | Jun 6, 2013 | 2 comments
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Sony Computer Entertainment is expecting big things from the Electronic Entertainment Expo. The PlayStation 3 is now the best-selling HD console worldwide, the PlayStation Vita is riding an indie resurgence, and the PlayStation 4 will be coming full force in preparation for a holiday release. As such, you’d expect that Sony would be bringing a metric ton of games to showcase their systems. And correct you are: according to Sid Shuman, social media manager for the PlayStation Blog, the company will be featuring over 40 games on all three platforms during their E3 showcase.

Shuman, along with members of the PlayStation social media team and other special guests, will be live-streaming coverage of both the Sony media conference on Monday night and throughout the week from the show floor at the PlayStation booth. Among the games to be featured, according to the Blog post, are Beyond: Two Souls (Quantic Dream), Destiny (Bungie), DriveClub (Evolution Studios), The Evil Within (Tango GameWorks), Gran Turismo 6 (Polyphony Digital), inFAMOUS: Second Son (Sucker Punch), Killzone: Shadow Fall and Killzone: Mercenary (Guerilla Games), The Last of Us (Naughty Dog), Tearaway (Media Molecule), and Wolfenstein: The New Order (Machine Games). We can safely assume even more will be added to that list as new games are revealed in the upcoming days.

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